Name not reported

A 16-year-old Black boy held in the jail at Franklin, Louisiana, was taken from the jail by a mob and hanged, according to a report in The Iowa Plain Dealer published February 28, 1884. The mob's killing of him is the only death the account describes, and it names no one involved.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Source

• The Iowa Plain Dealer, February 28, 1884, page 4 The Iowa Plain Dealer, February 28, 1884